- battering battery
- bat.ter.ing bat.ter.y[b'ætəriŋ bætəri] n bateria de sítio.
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battery — [bat′ər ē] n. pl. batteries [Fr batterie < OFr battre: see BATTER1] 1. the act of battering, beating, or pounding 2. machinery used in battering 3. a group of similar things arranged, connected, or used together; set or series; array [a… … English World dictionary
Battery — Bat ter*y, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battery d'enfilade — Battery Bat ter*y, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battery en 'echarpe — Battery Bat ter*y, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battery gun — Battery Bat ter*y, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battery wagon — Battery Bat ter*y, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
battery — 1530s, action of battering, from M.Fr. batterie, from O.Fr. baterie (12c.) beating, thrashing, assault, from batre beat, from L. battuere beat (see BATTER (Cf. batter) (v.)). Meaning shifted in M.Fr. from bombardment ( heavy blows upon city walls … Etymology dictionary
battery — /bat euh ree/, n., pl. batteries. 1. Elect. a. Also called galvanic battery, voltaic battery. a combination of two or more cells electrically connected to work together to produce electric energy. b. cell (def. 7a). 2. any large group or series… … Universalium
battery — noun (plural batteries) 1. /ˈbætəri / (say batuhree), /ˈbætri/ (say batree) Electricity either of two chemical cells or groups of cells: a. one which produces electrical energy; primary cell. b. one which stores electrical energy; accumulator… …
battery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. assault, attack; guns, artillery; array, assemblage; Ley den jar, voltaic cell, accumulator, [wet or dry] cell, solar or storage battery. See arms, store, power, combatant. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… … English dictionary for students
battery — bat•ter•y [[t]ˈbæt ə ri[/t]] n. pl. ter•ies 1) elm a) a combination of two or more cells connected to produce electric energy b) cell 5) 2) mil a) two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action b) mil a tactical unit of artillery, usu.… … From formal English to slang
